The Philippine National Police will use the anti-terrorism law in dealing with communist rebels amid the anticipated escalation of attacks by the New People’s Army after President Duterte ordered the termination of peace talks with the group.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) will be intensifying its police visibility in crime-prone areas and other places where illegal drugs trade is rampant as part of its contribution on the war on drugs which was already turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

THE over 3,000 Filipinos killed in police operations in the anti-drugs campaign were all drug dealers, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Peter Cayetano told an interviewer of international news organization Al Jazeera last Friday.

The leadership of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has not issued any order yet to transfer policemen from the Davao Region to Caloocan City where the entire police force was sacked due to involvement in various illegal activities.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) is hoping to buy at least 37,000 pieces of body cameras next year that will be used in police operations, especially illegal drugs, amid doubts that all those who died in anti-drugs operations fought back.